Kitchen & Bar

Kitchen & Bar · First run

Three moves. Then cook.

No setup marathon. The point is to get one credible answer first, then let the shelf get smarter as you use it.

01 · Tonight

Start with the meal, not the database.

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A pantry shelf of jars, tins and bottles
dijon

In the pantry · 49 uses

dijon

Sharpness and, more usefully, emulsifying power — a spoonful is what holds oil and vinegar together in a dressing that would otherwise split. Cooked hard it loses the sharp part and keeps the body.

32

dishes and drinks that need it

17

more where it is worth adding

84%

of those are under 30 min

Handling dijon

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What it is usually standing next to

Onion turns up alongside it in about 34% of them, which is a strong lean rather than a rule.

Counted off required ingredients across the whole library. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.

If you have twenty minutes

Quickest dish · 8 min

Ham mustard sandwich

Butter both sides. Mustard is the point.

Built on it · 32

Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.

Worth adding · 17

These work without it. They work better with it.

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